Wish I had better news...here in Michigan lots of people WANT the welfare state...working is “hard”.
That’s why I say remove those states from the formula.
If you look at Rasmussen’s state polls, Romney is losing MI and PA by double digits. If you removed them from the mix (because Romney does not need them to win), the swing state poll would look much better. I bet Romney is up 3-4 points in the 8 true swing states.